Lightroom appeared on the photographic landscape just 6 short years ago. Birthdays are often an occasion to look back and reminisce so here’s a quick walk down memory lane! Lightroom 1 “Shadowland” Tweet

Sometimes there’s no way around it: we have to get out there and photograph in less than ideal weather and lighting conditions. The picture at right exemplifies this type of situation. My wife and I were on a weekend retreat and the days we had allotted for photography ended up being cold and overcast. But, Continue Reading »

With Lightroom 3 Beta already out, we’ve seen a number of great new features including better import/export, improved noise reduction, print and slideshow coolness and more. With a great feature base in place, there’s certainly always room for improvement, though. The following are a few features I would like to see in future versions of Continue Reading »

Hi, I’m Brian. I hail from Denver, Colorado and as previously announced, I was able to talk my way into being a contributor to this fantastic blog. Not surprisingly, I love Lightroom. I’ve used it since the first public beta and haven’t put it down since. It’s the best workflow tool for professional and amateur Continue Reading »

I was again honored and humbled to learn that I have been named an Adobe Community Professional for 2010. Thank you, Adobe! Several of my digital cohorts have also been named as Adobe Community Professionals. Congratulations to Sean McCormack (Lightroom), Geoff Walker (Lightroom), A.J. Wood (InDesign), Chris Tarantino (Photoshop), and J Schuh (After Effects)! Well deserved my friends!!! Tweet

Lightroom has many many features but there are still things it cannot do out of the box. Luckily, Adobe anticipated this and provided an SDK (Software Developer Kit) to allow third party developers to create plugins that can enhance Lightroom’s feature set. If you’ve ever come across the need for a third party plugin then Continue Reading »

Digital photography has come a long way in the last few years. Few today would argue that digital cannot stand as film’s equal. In many cases the technology now surpasses film. Not only do we have a digital substitute for film, we also have digital substitutes for most physical filters. Between the built in tools Continue Reading »

You know that sinking feeling you get when you go to open a file and it’s not there or the entire hard drive just won’t mount? Your mind races. You wonder where you put that backup. Wait! Did you back that up? It is usually an event like this that finally makes all those articles Continue Reading »

We’ve had some great questions come in in response to Got Questions? Just Ask! I’ll try to keep up so keep them coming! Let’s dive right in… Q: Do I need to use the Adobe Bridge at all if I have Ligthroom and CS4? How does Lightroom replace the bridge (I’ve never used it b4)? Continue Reading »